Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 - bivalves
     Subclass Palaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965 see Clade Palaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965
       Order Unionida Gray, 1854
         Superfamily Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820
           Family Hyriidae Swainson, 1840
             Subfamily Hyriinae Swainson, 1840
               Genus Hyridella Swainson, 1840
                 Subgenus Protohyridella Cotton & Gabriel, 1932